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News Diane Keaton to Guest at Fame Becomes Me Academy Award winner Diane Keaton will make a guest appearance at the 3 PM Nov. 12 performance of Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me at the Jacobs Theatre.

Keaton will take part in the celebrity-interview portion of the show, where she will be interviewed by Short's alter ego Jiminy Glick. Other scheduled celebrity guests include fashion designer Michael Kors (Nov. 9 at 8 PM), recent Chicago star Rita Wilson (Nov. 11 at 2 PM) and "Hardball" host Chris Matthews (Nov. 11 at 8 PM).

Among the many other celebrities who have occupied the "hot seat" are Jerry Seinfeld, Steve Martin, Nathan Lane, Rosie O’Donnell, Conan O’Brien, Rosanne Barr, Jimmy Fallon, Regis Philbin, James Belushi, Tracey Ullman, Martha Stewart and Larry King.

Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me was conceived by Tony Award winner Short (Little Me) and Hairspray's Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. The production features music by Shaiman (who is also a cast member), lyrics by Wittman and Shaiman and direction by Wittman. Charlie Alterman is the musical director. Wittman and Shaiman's Fame Becomes Me score includes such tunes as "Stepbrother de Jesus," "12 Step Pappy" and "Sniff, Sniff."

Alan Zweibel is also part of the creative team, providing "additional material."

The structural nature of the long-gestating show is described thusly: "Leading the audience through a breathless 100 minute romp, Short re-enacts such imagined lifetime high points as his birth in 1976; his abusive father, a legendary Saskatchewan song and dance man; his heartbreaking Golden Globe-nominated performance as a mentally challenged concentration camp survivor and even his afterlife in show biz heaven. Along the way, superstars including Sarah Jessica Parker, Liz Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, Jodi Foster and Renee Zellweger are conjured nightly along side Short's unforgettable characters Jiminy Glick, Ed Grimley and Irving Cohen." For more information visit www.martinshortthemusical.com.

 
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